Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-29


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Iowa.
The state conventions of the Christian
church meets rext year at Oskaloosa.
In Washington county tlve ladies are
candidates for superintendent of schools.
The old settlers ofJohnson county have
been holding very successful meeting
at Iowa City.
Herndon claims to have discovered
natural gas at u depth of l20 feet near the
depot at that place.
Seventy-one persons were admitted to
full membership IN the First M. +. church
of Muscatine last Sunday, the largest
number ever admitted to that church at
one time.
A girl at Dubuque gave birth to child
at the Mercy hospital and charged the
paternity of the offspring to married
man, who Is rural sinner and works
farm Just outsi de of Dubuque.
The Muscatine Presbyterian picnic last
Wednesday resulted in tragedy. John
Stale, who had charge of the swings, fell
from tree to the ground, distance OF
thirty feet, and received injuries from
which he died.
Wednesday at Davenport a lady drove
into town in phaeton with pet dog
beside her. When she drove up to a
htching post she took out her handker:.
chef, wiped the dogs nose with it, and
then proceeded to do her shopping.
p,,lo1 noy,r~ork of Mnacotioo had n
horse which was twenty years old. Last
Saturday while door to Mr.. Daven-
ports house was open, the horse walked
up, put one of his front feet on the door
step, nodded his head to Mr.. Davenport,
then walked back to the stable, laid down
and died.
A man was sent to Jail at Dubuque for
striking his sister after demonstrating
with her for leading life of shame. He
had all along tried to keep her in the
path of rectitude, but at the last inter-
view, finding his remonstrance upavail-
ing, in fit of passion he struck her.
The sister had him arrested, he pleaded
guilty, and the Judge sent him up for
thirty days.
A young lad in Creston nearly caused a.
panic in the opera house the other night
The building was crowded, when loud
cracking noise was heard and the audi
Only by the greatest effort was the crowd
kept from stampeding. Investigation
showed that Il lad was IN the hallway
striking his suspender buttons against
partition in hopes of creating little ex-
element He was arrested and promptly
fined for his fun.
Dakota.
Sioux Falls had slight frost Wednes.
day.
The first story of the walls of the new
college building at Vermilllon has been
completed.
Miss Josie Higgins has sued Sioux Falls
for s., 600 damages for alleged injuries
caused by defective highway.
A colored minstrel show is travelling in
Dakota that is SO high-toned tnat its mem.
bers take offense if q white man happens
to be seated at the table with them.
The Dakota Bell, which has acquired
an envlable reputation as the humorous
paper of the northwest, announces in the
last issue that it has decided to suspend
owing to the lack of patronage.
The Electric Light company. Of Rapid
City, is contemplating the purchase of q
| fine water power just above the city, and
tho erection of plant which will enable
them to begin the manufacture of pot.
terry. tiling and kindred articles. I'm
and the articles mentioned can be manu-
factured very cheaply and be sold at a
good profit in competition with eastern
| goods. 1t is the present intention of the
company to put In the necessary works
this fall
The Pacific Coast.
Nevada will this season produce over
| /, ,OOO, 900 bushels of potatoes.
Joseph Ward has confessed to the mur
der of his neighbor, John Thorndyke, a,
| Spokane Falls.
Monterey bees swarmed in coffin in q
| cemetery and the honey was pronounced
| the very sweetest.
Colonel j. b. Clough, chief engineer oi
the Northern Pacific work in Montana
died August % at Haleua, of pneumonia
Piano tuners say there are more pianos
in Virginia, New, according to the pop
| ulation, than in any other town or city
on the Pacific coast.
to be removed to Pocatello within sixty
days. In the future the car work is to
be done at Pocatello and the locomotive
work at Shoshone.
Patrick Dugan, q stevedore, shot him.
self through the head in San Francisco
on the 21st, because of trouble with his
wife. they having agreed to separate
| and though he repented OF the agree
ment and wanted to resume, she would
not. She finally for rbade his entering hel
house, and then he killed himself.
Making q Scalp.
Hartford Times: Several months age
Miss Emma Neuman, of Bristol, had hel
scalp torn from her head by her hail
catching in machinery in the mill where
she was employed. DIR. j. Wilson, oi
Bristol, has been intelligently engaged
since in building up a new scalp by graft
ing on the head minute tlts of skin taker
from the arms of various persons. Prob
ably he has exhausted the list of Miss Neu
mans friends who were willing to con
tribute to her relief, for at this time he
calls for outside aid in the following
card:
young persons not over thirty who
are willing to confer favor on Miss
Emma Neuman will greatly oblige her
and her friend if they will allow seeds
for grating in the new scalp 70 be
taken from their arms. The family
and friends have furnished ma
terial, and a good scalp is being
made but the lace of sufficient materia
is now the greatest obstacle in success
fully covering the entire head. The piece